Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leave the door open

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.79 in modern English

Syllables: leave the -door open
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To maintain the possibility of something happening in the future.

Example Sentences

"Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates to their highest level in 22 years and left the door open to further action as they continued their 16-month campaign to wrestle inflation lower by cooling the American economy."
"Harry Kane has left the door open for a return to Tottenham after completing his £100m move to Bayern Munich."

Inflected Forms

leaves the door open (present, singular) leaving the door open (participle, present) left the door open (participle, past) left the door open (past)

Questions

What does leave the door open mean?: To maintain the possibility of something happening in the future.

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